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Just Before the Battle Mother chords
George F. Root 1862

A (x02220@1)                     DJust (xx0232@1)before the battle, mother,
E (022100@1)                   A (x02220@1)EI (022100@1)am thinking most of you
A (x02220@1)                        DWhile (xx0232@1)upon the field we're watching,
E (022100@1)               Awith (x02220@1)the enemy in view.
                             DComrades (xx0232@1)brave are 'round me lying,
E (022100@1)                              A (x02220@1)Efilled (022100@1)with thoughts of home and God
    A (x02220@1)                        DFor (xx0232@1)well they know that on the morrow,
E (022100@1)                         Asome (x02220@1)will sleep beneath the sod.

A (x02220@1)                       DFarewell, (xx0232@1)mother, you may never,
E (022100@1)                      A (x02220@1) Epress (022100@1)me to your breast again
     A (x02220@1)                       DBut, (xx0232@1)oh, you'll not forget me, mother,
E (022100@1)                      Aif (x02220@1)I'm numbered with the slain.

A (x02220@1)                    DOh, (xx0232@1)I long to see you, mother,
E (022100@1)                    A (x02220@1)Eand (022100@1)the loving ones at home
    A (x02220@1)                  DBut (xx0232@1)I'll never leave our banner,
E (022100@1)                 Atill (x02220@1)in honor I can come.
                       D (xx0232@1)                       
Tell the traitors all around you,
E (022100@1)                       A (x02220@1)Ethat (022100@1)their cruel words we know
   A (x02220@1)                   DIn (xx0232@1)every battle kill our soldiers,
E (022100@1)                       Aby (x02220@1)the help they give the foe.

A (x02220@1)                       DFarewell, (xx0232@1)mother, you may never,
E (022100@1)                      A (x02220@1)Epress (022100@1)me to your breast again
     A (x02220@1)                       DBut, (xx0232@1)oh, you'll not forget me, mother,
E (022100@1)                      Aif (x02220@1)I'm numbered with the slain.

A (x02220@1)                     DHark! (xx0232@1)I hear the bugles sounding,
E (022100@1)                     A'Tis (x02220@1)the signal for the fight,
                         DNow, (xx0232@1)may God protect us, mother,
E (022100@1)                 A (x02220@1)  Eas (022100@1)He ever does the right.
A (x02220@1)                     DHear (xx0232@1)the "Battle-Cry of Freedom,"
E (022100@1)                    Ahow (x02220@1)it swells upon the air
                                DOh, (xx0232@1)yes, we'll rally 'round the standard,
E (022100@1)                   Aor (x02220@1)we'll perish nobly there.

A (x02220@1)                       DFarewell, (xx0232@1)mother, you may never,
E (022100@1)                      A (x02220@1)Epress (022100@1)me to your breast again
     A (x02220@1)                        DBut, (xx0232@1)oh, you'll not forget me, mother,
E (022100@1)                      Aif (x02220@1)I'm numbered with the slain.

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